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The Revival of Labour – a Bookbuster book review
The Revival of Labour: Comrade Corbyn by Rosa Prince & Being Red: A Politics for the Future by Ken Livingstone Review by Tim Barton Rosa Prince's timely biography of Jeremy…
Hospice benefits from Mooney Madness
By Pete Donohue Good News Hastings comes together again this week in yet another high-profile community spirited collaboration. The People’s Pier was officially opened by our new mayor, Judy Rogers,…
How to be a loser – a short story by Pete Donohue
Tom Bowler was a gambler. He took his chances wherever and whenever he could. Every day was an adventure, a matter of subsistence or increased debt. He twisted responsibilities into…
ROOT 1066 Visual Documentation Brief
ROOT 1066 International Festival - Visual Documentation Brief Content: To mark the 950th Anniversary of the most famous date in English history, Hastings Borough Council has commissioned the ROOT 1066…
RIP John Merriman
HIP remembers John Merriman By Pete Donohue Age 54 is far too young to shed this mortal coil for other realms that may lie beyond, especially for such a talented…
RUFF
RUFF Performance artist Peggy Shaw brings her solo show RUFF to Hastings, in the build-up to her three-night run at the Barbican Centre this April. Ruminating on life before and…
Swan Lake and slug men: the Lord Nelson’s Calendar
The first calendar, for 2015, was inspired by a regular coming into the Lord Nelson and letting his hair down out of its usual ponytail, writes Paddy Boyle. Immediately, the wisecracks started…
Are you a Norman?
Are you a Daigle or a FitzRolf? Do you know a Devereaux, a Morton or a Duffey? If so, two local photographers want to hear from you. Photographers Nigel Green…
A taste of Honeysett (Review)
Celebrating Hastings’s most loved cartoonist By Pete Donohue (resident HIP cartoonist) The Hastings area has attracted quality artists for decades, if not centuries. Amongst them number a string of legendary…
HRAEN ‘Root 1066’ artist project brief
Hastings and Rother Arts Education Network is looking to commission an artist to create a school based Root 1066 project. On 14 October 1066 the path of English and European history…
The Further Adventures of Holmes & Watson
The Golden Earwig of Rangapanga With a respectful nod to the great Myles NaGopaleen (The Da) Patrick Carabine Watson sulked moodily as he flicked through the 1875 edition of Simpson's…
A taste of Honeysett
Hastings and its surrounds has become a creative base for a string of legendary cartoonists over the years. How many can you name? I’m not going to tell you here.…